Warlords of Draenor - Quest Preview
Today we are looking at some of the quests from Warlords of Draenor. Keep in mind these quests will likely change significantly before release and are not final. There is a good chance the quests are much further along in internal builds.

Warlords of Draenor also uses Treasure and Rare Spawn system that was added with Timeless Isle. For example, Frostfire Ridge has 33 rare spawns and 41 treasures in the zone, compared to the 33 rare spawns and 10 treasures on timeless isle. There are even a few group quests in some zones.

Each zone has a set of story quests, along with side quests and bonus objectives that are more optional. In the screenshot below, you can see the Bonus Objectives that pop up when you are in a relevant area of the zone.

Assault on the Dark Portal
These quests are part of the Warlords of Draenor intro experience.

The Plight of the Worgen: In Shadowmoon Valley, Tess Greymane works to find a cure for an illness that has stricken some of her people, including the king.

Gul'dan shows up at least three times in the expansion. The first time is when the player frees him so that the Dark Portal will lose power. After that, both the Horde and the Alliance (Series 1 / Series 2) try to capture him. His fate after that isn't yet clear.

The Alliance attacks the Shadow Council in Talador in an attempt to destroy them: The Hero We Need

The Battle For Shattrath (Alliance) / (Horde): Later in Talador, both the Horde and the Alliance battle the Iron Horde for control of Shattrath. The Alliance quest's text implies that the two factions are working together in this battle against the Iron Horde.

Seismic Matters - You are sent to your garrison to investigate shaking of the earth. You find that the Iron Horde is using Dark Iron technology and use a Prototype Mole Machine to go and see Thaelin Darkanvil, who was kidnapped by the Iron Horde. Thaelin has you help him send his Mole Machines back to his workshop in Gorgrond, sabotage the tanks he was forced to build for the Iron Horde, and recover his notebook before leaving.

Independent Contractor - You are sent to Gazlowe to investigate a noise in Thunder Pass. Upon arrival, you find that it is a large drill, so you assist Gazlowe in sabotaging it. Gazlowe notices that most of the technology is basic, except for one piece of the drill. You protect him as he investigates and learn that Thaelin Darkanvil is behind the technology. After helping him escape, you help Gazlowe take out Overlord Blackhammer to collect the SI:7 bounty on his head, and then use some rocket chickens to return to your garrison.

Crows In The Field - Thisalee Crow has spotted an Iron Horde caravan carrying weapons and research equipment leaving the harbor in Gorgrond. You are sent to ambush them and gather their supplies. The caravan also was carrying Blackhand's orders to retrieve whatever was in the Belcher Cauldron and bring it to Blackrock Foundry.

The Descent - You are sent to investigate the Belcher Cauldron in Gorgrond, as the Iron Horde are interested in whatever is in it. It is possible that the Saberon are there as well. You make a narrow escape and return the heart to your Garrison in Frostfire Ridge.

Run through the arch, hit the red marker, then purple, then return to the Ironelf games camp.

Patch 5.4.7 Hotfixes - May 2

Originally Posted by Blizzard
(Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Raids, Dungeons, and ScenariosSiege of Orgrimmar

[Requires a realm restart.] Garrosh Hellscream now only targets 2 players with Touch of Y'Shaarj and Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj regardless of raid size on Flexible difficulty. Previously, the number of players targeted by the ability scale from 2 to 4, resulting in a harsh breakpoint for groups with 17-18 players.

[Requires a realm restart.] Touch of Y'Shaarj and Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj cast times have been increased to 3.5 seconds (up from 2.5 seconds) on Flexible difficulty.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Resolved an issue that was causing Battleground queues to report incorrect wait times.

Blue Tweets

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

ClassesTake less damage. Healers heal for more, you stay closer to topped off, resulting in more overheals. I admit I could be way off!
WoD healing is different. You're imagining that the tank gets knocked to 60%, and a healer heals him for 40%, and Shining... (Celestalon)
...Protector occasionally adds 12 extra, all overheal. In WoD, the healer'll heal him for 15%, and Shining Protector... (Celestalon)
...will *usually* heal an additional 4.5%. Think of it as "Shining Protector = X% Increased Healing Received". (Celestalon) <3 Thank you for that explanation. Is tank damage coming in slow bursts? I.e 100% to 60%? If not, why not heal at 85% to topoff
It's not so much that the tank damage profile is changing, but rather that the healing profile is. Tank healing is no... (Celestalon)
...longer a game of "keep them completely topped off and quickly re-top them if they dip at all". Instead, it's more of... (Celestalon)
..."Keep them high enough to ensure they survive, and heal them efficiently as possible beyond that; try not to overheal." (Celestalon)

*the class, as you see it fit, not how we think would be fun to play
The problem is that what you may find 'terrible', others love. Players don't all agree on what they want. (Celestalon)

Death Knight (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)Hi might be a question you get all the time but why is Gladiator Stance a thing will Blood DPS make a return in the same way?
It's something we'd certainly consider for the future. (Celestalon)

I notice Blood seems to be the only tank that gains resources from Multistrike Procs, whereas other tanks gain self heals. Why?
There's a variety. Bears get max health. Your Scent of Blood increases self-healing through Death Strike. (Celestalon)

Hunter (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)1%. Tank is dead. DS. Disengage. Deterrance. FD MD pet. Kill shot! Kill shot! Win! That WAS a thing back in LK
But alas, Usso hasn't been able to taunta raid bosses for quite a long time now. (WatcherDev)

Since Hydras will be tameable, is there any chance Chimearon will be tameable as a Hydra? He can be the next Chromaggus!
.He is tameable... with some caveats. Delve into the Depths of Blackwing and find out for yourself in #warlordsofdraenor (Muffinus)Some would characterize you an evil man for that kind of tease @Muffinus
.Can we get more evil than Deth'tilac? Yes, yes we can. #TheRealBeastMasteryStartsHere (Muffinus)

Mage (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)with the planned removal of some mana regen spells for Mages, Will fire\frost Mages have any sort of resource management?
Not particularly. We don't intend for Fire/Frost to care about mana more than Ele/Shadow/Ret/Enh/Balance. Just for utility. (Celestalon)Why is that? Why shouldn't mana be a management?
Because using Mana as a DPS resource requires some really heavy handed interactions with it to truly be a rotational resource. (Celestalon)

Will the blast wave, supernova, icenova talents be worth using on cd for dps value? It looks like util in dps tier.
Yes. (Celestalon)

Frost mages got some discussion about changes with alpha notes. Very little/nothing for Fire/Arcane. Anything to come next time?
The level 90 talent changes have significant implications for Arcane. Fire has gotten a little discussion, but is looking solid. (Celestalon)

Paladin (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)Nightly paladin question: Will Holy shield have an awesome graphic when it procs?
It's something that procs a lot, so in the interest of reduced visual clutter, it's not something I'd call AMAZING, but it has one. (Celestalon)Along this line of questioning, with the tech. used for RJW et al. is it possible to see more procs that look good to user...
Yes, very much so. It's possible to push that "too far", but we know that the game being readable is extremely important. (Celestalon)

Why blizz scrapped the ideas of Shaman tanks? And why not make Demo Lock a viable spec for tanking? And the melee hunters?
Those are all interesting ideas for the future, but require a ton of work, and added complexity. (Celestalon)

Ghost Wolf is iconic - it just needs to be brought up to the level of mobility that other classes offer
Discussion: Other than wanting buffs, why do you feel that Ghost Wolf should grant the same mobility level as other classes? (Celestalon)

Does Dark Shaman xmog also have bad luck protection? Up to 28 H, 1 N, 20 flex kills now without getting one.
Nope. We want everyone who kills Garrosh to get an heirloom eventually. Shaman xmog set is a rare vanity item. (WatcherDev)30+ kills on Gary and only 1 heirloom....RNG be poopy
Some confusion here. The point is to make sure you get your first, for your main spec. Others are bonus. (WatcherDev)

Warrior (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)Struggling to find the intent behind gladiator stance. If the tanks wants to DPS, wont they swap to arms/fury spec?
Not necessarily. Different gear, different rotation, different aesthetics. (Celestalon)So then its intended to make thanks able to be on-par melee DPS?
Yes, but they're not tanks if they're in Gladiator Stance. Can't tank in Gladiator Stance. (Celestalon)

Is Gladiator's Resolve meant to make Prot warriors competitive with other DPS or is it just there to help OTs when not tanking?
Competitive DPS. Can't be used by OTs; you can't swap in/out of Gladiator Stance in combat. (Celestalon)

Character / ItemsAssuming protection is only for first one because I've only gotten spirit mace for boomkin - can't use spirit in WoD
.In 6.0, the Spirit on the Warmace has been replaced with another stat, for exactly that reason. (WatcherDev)

Garrosh Heirlooms - kinda wish 4 a "we hear you" on that. Low Droprate, some of is fear we will not even have one for WoD. News?
Garrosh heirlooms have "bad luck protection" - you should start to see more and more each week as you get more kills. (WatcherDev)I have 22 kills of HC Garrosh and I have 2 heirlooms, so...are you sure?
2 is a number greater than 0, so yes, I'm certain. (WatcherDev)The protection sounds unreasonably undertuned then. Only 2 in 22 kills (nearly half a year)... Yeesh.
Said this elsewhere, but the point is to make sure you get the first one, for your spec. The system works well for that. (WatcherDev)So to clarify, the bad luck protection only applies to the first heirloom drop?
Yes. If you want a specific heirloom for a specific different alt, you're encouraged to kill Garrosh with that alt. (WatcherDev)

PvECould you guys initiate the flex version of SoO for norm/heroic? Player retention getting tough
If I could flip a switch and make it happen, I would. But it's a large overhaul and relies on Warlords code. So we can't before 6.0 (WatcherDev)

As UBRS and LBRS are (kind of in) the same dungeon, will both parts be reworked or is it strictly the upper one?
Just Upper. LBRS will remain as a level ~58 dungeon. (WatcherDev)

Most depressing part most of us at nearly BiS without warforged. isn't going to get easier. RNG wipes until we give up. Sad...
Sorry to hear that, but honestly Blackfuse is among the least random fights we've ever made. Nearly everything is controllable. (WatcherDev)

PvPWill we see arena skirmises back into the game when WoD hits live? Pls answerrr!!
Yes, skirmishes will make their triumphant return in Warlords. (holinka)

any chance of having more choices for trinkets in wod?
Yes we'd like there to be more interesting PvP trinkets, most likely from Ashran. (holinka)competitve or "fun" trinkets?
both (holinka)

Hi! Do you think upcoming changes on vengeance open the possibility for balanced tank specs in pvp? key word being balanced!
The thing that we'd need to achieve before being happy with tanks in PvP is it being fun to play *against* them. (Celestalon)Why are healers exempt from this rule? They have caused more problems in PvP then tanks ever did.
I think you may find some disagreement about that amongst the community. (Celestalon) I am sure I would find some disagreement about pretty much anything to do with WoW. Thank you though for the ninja-quick reply.
Of course, but I mean a much more prevalent one. (Celestalon)

my main is 558 with 50+ attempts at him. hours of just sitting around discussing a plan that ends up not working. maybe, just maybe, i'll finally get a heirloom without throwing 30k for a normal garrosh kill.

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my main is 558 with 50+ attempts at him. hours of just sitting around discussing a plan that ends up not working. maybe, just maybe, i'll finally get a heirloom without throwing 30k for a normal garrosh kill.

In FLEX? I would argue the problem is between chair and monitor. When I (550-555is) did flex with randoms (540+), I would wipe the odd one or two times when people didn't switch, but generally get the kill without any other problems.